"Alain" <aze### [at] qwertygov> wrote in message
news:408ecaae$1@news.povray.org...
> Rafal 'Raf256' Maj nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 2004/04/27
> 06:38... :
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> >tom### [at] webkenyacom news:web.408df5996f50dd40a472d3920@news.povray.org
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> >>begin-base64 644 glasspot2.jpg
> >>/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/2wBDAAICAgICAgICAgICAgICAwQDAgIDBAUEBAQEBAU
> >>GBQUF
> >>BQUFBgYHBwgHBwYJCQoKCQkMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAz/2wBDAQMDAwUEBQkGBgkNCwkLDQ8
> >>ODg4O
> >>Dw8MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAz/wAARCAHgAoA
> >>DAREA
> >>
> >>
> >
> >hmm
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> You use Xnews, I use Thunderbird, we both see the same garbage...

I am using ordinary OE as my newsreader, and same thing.  I used to have
Microplanet Gravity for my NR, don't recall if it handles base64 either,
just haven't bothered getting it reinstalled, it's been a long time since I
was regular on any newsgroups.

Some have already figured out the conversion (like Shay).  I've just
experimented and worked out how to do it myself.  So for anyone who's NR
doesn't display, and wants to know how to on Windows, it's quite
simple...(Assuming you have WinZip)

Create a new text file, then copy/paste the entire section from begin-base64
to the terminating dashes.  It seems to work with and without the end
dashes.  Save your text file, then rename it to a .B64 extension.  It will
now show as a WinZip file -- I presume other archive utils will do the same.

Open the B64 file -- winzip should launch automatically on the file
association.  The encoded file shows as "unknown.001".  Drag or save that
file somewhere, then manually rename it to "glasspot2.jpg".  Opened
successfully in PaintShop Pro 5.

Sorry if I'm actually "teaching Grandma..."

Cheers,
    Brian

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